A conversational commerce solution engineered to bridge the gap between social selling and seamless checkout. This platform empowers merchants to integrate their WhatsApp business operations directly with AstraPay's payment ecosystem, enabling the generation of instant, secure payment links within customer chat threads.
Recognized as a Top 10 Finalist at the AstraPay Hackathon 2026, the project showcases an innovative approach to micro-transactions. The implementation focuses on building a highly interactive React prototype that demonstrates real-time payment link generation, smooth user flows, and reliable transaction handling.
The architecture emphasizes connecting messaging interfaces with financial gateways, ensuring that merchants can create invoices and receive payments without forcing customers to leave their preferred chat application.
THE PROBLEM
Social media merchants and their buyers suffered from significant payment friction. Customers were forced to leave their preferred chat application (WhatsApp) to complete purchases, which reduced conversion rates and posed security concerns.
Goals
- The primary objective was to accelerate the checkout process for social media merchants. By integrating AstraPay directly into the WhatsApp environment, the solution minimizes payment friction, enhances transaction security, and provides a streamlined conversational checkout experience for both sellers and buyers.
THE IMPACT
Achieved a Top 10 Finalist position at the AstraPay Hackathon 2026. The solution successfully minimized payment friction by keeping the entire checkout flow conversational, empowering merchants to securely generate instant invoices directly in chat.
THIRD-PARTY INTEGRATIONS
- AstraPay API (Payment Link Generation)
- WhatsApp Business API
